To promote public awareness of the adverse societal impacts stemming from the historic state and federal criminalization of cannabis use, possession, production, and distribution and provide legal and financial assistance and resources to individuals and families adversely impacted by the criminalization of cannabis use, possession, production, and distribution. To benefit the community served and to promote education and such other activities and programs incidental to, supportive of, and in furtherance of, the advancement of the educational, charitable, and scientific purposes of the corporation. To DO such things and to perform such acts to accomplish its purposes as the board of directors of the corporation may determine to be appropriate and as are not forbidden by sections 501(c)(3) of the code, with all the power conferred on nonprofit corporations under the laws of the state of michigan.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2022 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $18K a year · 7% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$151K
Net assets
$15K
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$151K
FY2022
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$151K
FY2023$288K
FY2024$283K
FY2025$249K
Expenses
—
FY2022
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$292K
FY2024$263K
FY2025$211K
Net assets
$15K
FY2022
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$15K
FY2023$12K
FY2024$27K
FY2025$56K

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2021.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/Se
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairperson
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairpe
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Josey Scoggin’s $17K as Executive Director (ended 4/24) is at the 13th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023
Josey Scoggin$17,250$38,000

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Programs and updates

Helps justice-impacted individuals reintegrate, find redemption, and improve their lives through mutual aid and programming.

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K
Grants paid · 10 grants · $240K · 2023–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$91,625
Weldon ProjectUT · FY2025$25,000
Midtown Community Fund INCMD · FY2025$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2025$3,551
Unitemized GrantFY2024$6,500
Last Prisoner ProjectCO · FY2024$5,500
Sons and Daughters UnitedMI · FY2023$35,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$21,500
Unitemized GrantFY2023$10,000

By the numbers

The FY2022 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$151K
Other income$151K
Owns and owes
$15K
net assets
Liabilities$1K
People
4
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$151K
Total revenue$151K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$1K
Net assets$15K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers5
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $249K$211K$38K$56K 990 PDF
FY2024 $283K$263K$20K$27K 990 PDF
FY2023 $288K$292K−$4K$12K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $151K$15K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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